Anyone already bored may now click to the next thread, at your own peril. The rest of you should read to the end before crying BS at these often surprising facts. (Anyone unwilling to wade through even this long post, let alone whole books on the topic, either knows it all already, thinks he does, or lacks the tenacity to reap their benefits. We get out of exercise no more than -- and very often much less than -- the knowledge and effort we put into it.)

What brought all this together and to my attention was another exceptionally useful exercise physiology book I recently read. Anyone paying attention to this subject in this forum knows how strongly I respect and recommend two books above the other 98 or so I’ve read on this topic. “Body By Science” and “P.A.C.E.” stand head and shoulders above the rest in transforming the many results and the time efficiency of my strength and cardiovascular workout programs, and in turn the quality and expected length of my life. This new book reinforces and works synergistically with not only those two outstanding books but most exercise physiology books … especially by updating MANY obligatory but apparently outdated notions about exercise we only thought we understood. Many of you will agree that this book presents “Surprising science”, as the book cover accurately states, about how we can “exercise better, train smarter, and live longer.” (I'd add sail harder and longer.)

What more can most of us ask from working out?

This third outstanding book is “The First 20 Minutes”, by Gretchen Reynolds. I consider it a GREAT resource for serious exercisers, an excellent adjunct to “Body By Science” and “P.A.C.E.”. These three books can transform any of us in far less time and with far less harm than we thought possible.

I’ve seen many of these important and very useful research findings in many other sources, but it’s both convenient and reassuring to see so many of them, applicable to most of our exercise from WSing to the gym, confirmed in one source and based on so many highly regarded experts. Reynolds doesn’t cite references by chapter and verse, but she does name the very impressive leading researchers she consulted and/or read on each of these topics. It’s not difficult for us to use those names and topics to Google up the original research, cited in endless detail in other books, if we need further proof.

I choose instead to try out the BBS and PACE books in the gym and on the water rather than wading through all the PubMed literature they cite. (The peer-reviewed literature on BBS’s Superslow® resistance training violate its principles, thus understate its benefits.) I remain not just satisfied but extremely impressed by them, having improved my ratio of benefits to time invested at LEAST tenfold with 100% fewer injuries. That, to me, is well worth the far greater intensity and will power these programs involve. Relative to these programs, the cardio/aerobics and weight training programs we see most commonly in gyms are naps on heated silk sheets with frequent injuries, a shorter life span, and/or lower QOL likely. The other extremes (e.g., CrossFit, P90X, Insanity) are highly injury-prone and thus at odds with people whose goal is maximum shred time.

I’m really looking forward to further boosting my workouts, my WSing, my sleep, my health, and even my internet time with the principles from “20 Minutes”. Some of them have already VASTLY improved my lipids and glucose and maybe even my cancer.

Research is based on statistics, not certainties. YMMV is thus a given, but unless we have explicit reason to believe we're an exception, we're likely to fit the mold. Another author, the team physician for the Philadelphia ballet and the 76ers, said only three groups should be stretching: ballet dancers and gymnasts willing to put their joints at very high risk to be competitive, and people undergoing rehab to recover normal mobility lost to injury or surgery.

As for puking, drowning (which has nothing to do with hyponatremia), disclaimers, and the other reasons for being unwilling to study the topic at length ... you answered the title question for us. That's your privilege. No need to drag the thread down for others.

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true others may indeed believe EVERYTHING that you have written, or not.

You are welcome to disagree with others courteously without attacking them personally. If you do not like the content of someone’s posts, the solution is to simply NOT read or respond to their post - so their post will more quickly drop to the bottom of the pile. We must realize that sometimes we become part of the problem if we constantly engage someone whom we consider to be a problem user. Remember that young people and others thinking about taking up windsurfing do read these forums to learn about the sport - and the character of its participants. Phrase your posts accordingly

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I would love nothing better than to see others post and discuss published evidence-based research disproving these or any other research findings. Until that time, I'll base my play and workout paradigms on the scientific evidence until I have specific reason to believe I'm an exception to any given rule ... as many of us are in various instances.

I'd hate to waste my gym time or impact my health or shred time due to operating on disproved research. Moreover, I've made and keep making several life-affecting decisions based on my personal study of many hundreds of PubMed peer-reviewed cancer research publications, so currency and validity are vital.

Talk about obsessional behaviour. Just think what Robert Marchand, the 100 year old record breaking French Cyclist could have achieved, had he only put in such depth of research.

On his 100th birthday, just to mark the occasion, he rode 24.251 kilometres in an hour, and broke the record for his age group. In explanation he said he wasn't really tired because his doctor had advised him to keep his pulse rate around 110 or so. So he hadn't REALLY been trying.

His advice to young and old -- 'just keep moving. I've never been able to keep still.'

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